8. “Where will you be wearing the suit?”

Gresham Blake

"A good tailor will always ask you this question — and you should know the answer. I’ve got one customer whose wedding suit I made. He keeps his phone in the pocket of his business suit and he uses it day-to-day, so he had his wedding suit cut an inch closer.

I always ask people if they’re going to be wearing the suit on the train a lot, in which case there’s no point wearing a light cashmere suit, because you’ll wear it out very quickly. You’ve got to make sure the fabric fits the job."